How to run Firefox in *firefox mode with custom profile?

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Joey Dunlop

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Dec 2, 2010, 4:16:52 PM12/2/10

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my environment:
MacOSX 10.6
Firefox 3.6.12
Selenium RC 1.0.3

I'm testing over HTTPS therefore I'm trying to start Firefox in
*firefox mode (since http://seleniumhq.org/docs/05_selenium_rc.html
says in Handling HTTPS and Security Popups section:"In Selenium-RC 1.0
beta 2 and later use *firefox or *iexplore for the run mode.").

Everything works except that the server certificate is not trusted and
I need to add a security exception. I'd like to avoid that by adding
server's Certificate Authority into Firefox. That can only be done by
creating a custom profile for Firefox and adding the CA certificate
there. The QUESTION IS: how to run Firefox in *firefox mode with a
custom profile?

When I pass this command to Selenium-RC:

Pavandeep Puddupakkam

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Dec 2, 2010, 4:21:37 PM12/2/10

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Please read this article http://www.seleniumwiki.com/automation-tips/firefox-profile-manager/

On Dec 3, 8:16 am, Joey Dunlop <horgan.ba...@gmail.com> wrote:
> my environment:
> MacOSX 10.6
> Firefox 3.6.12
> Selenium RC 1.0.3
>
> I'm testing over HTTPS therefore I'm trying to start Firefox in